This week on Enjoy and Be Educated, we’ve decided to focus on one of hip-hop’s most prolific producers, Justin Smith aka Just Blaze. With over 10 years in the industry, he’s produced hits for Jay-Z, Fabolous, Faith Evans and The Beastie Boys just to name a few. His versatility and penchant for picking choice samples has [...]

On this edition of Enjoy and Be Educated, we show love to the backbone of music and the foundation of hip-hop, drums/percussion. Titled “Give The Drummer Some,” we showcase some of the most influential in this field. From legends like Bernard Purdie and Idris Muhammad to Mongo Santamaria, two hours of passionate percussion and decadent drums [...]

The Ghost came in and rocked through his most of his storied history with the Lox, Diddy, DMX, Tupac, Mary J. Blige, the East West Coast beef, how D Block’s legendary lyrical beef with Roc-A-Fella almost spilled out into the streets and more. P also shed some real grown man tears reminiscing about the Notorious [...]

In celebration of Record Store Day, we are proud to present this all vinyl edition of Enjoy and Be Educated. Two straight hours of analog adventures await you as we delve into funk, dance, soul, reggae and hip-hop. Mixing with records culled from DJ Unexpected’s collection, no stone is unturned to bring you an amazing [...]

Martial Arts and hip-hop have always seemed to go hand in hand.  Whether it’s the peace or tranquility of the art, one doesn’t really work without the other.  Legendary group Wu-Tang Clan has embraced both artforms and showcases them to their fullest extent; hence this edition of Enjoy and Be Educated is dedicated to them, and [...]

Let’s keep it short, shall we? No guest on this week’s Fresh Juice, but there’s plenty of more dope new music than usual from KiD CuDi, Talib Kweli, Joe, Cassie, Dizzy Wright, Luck-One, Jay-Z & more!

Wow. This is easily the best interview that Combat Jack and his team have done. Dame Dash, broke or not, is always an interesting figure to talk to about hip-hop. His career was lengthy, working with one of the best rappers ever (Jay-Z) and held a big responsibility in helping further the culture. This interview [...]

For this edition of Enjoy And Be Educated, we take a cue from the late Horace Greeley and head west. “Palm Trees and Pineapples” focuses on music from California and Hawaii, with a world premiere preview of Hawaiian Salt, a funky mix of Hawaiian music from Aloha Got Soul and Fitted Hawaii. With new and classic West Coast rap [...]

The latest edition of The Combat Jack Show features King Of All Blacks and ItsTheReal, who just dropped their mixtape today. At around one hour and 39 minutes, Just Blaze says he’s doing some scoring for the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movie. If you’re a fan of Howard Stern, you know about King Of [...]

DJ Unexpected has this to say about the very special edition of Enjoy & Be Educated: For this edition of Enjoy and Be Educated, I’d like to dedicate this mix to my better half, my wife on her birthday weekend. You’ve got quite a taste when it comes to music, and I’d like to thank you [...]